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Internet Usage In Jamaicaby Kesha Stewart, Associate Writer

If I need to use the Internet in my locale, I purchase a top up of credit from any of the available sources, including online. Next I add it to my mobile phone and purchase an Internet plan that suits my needs - (Some others in my locale have WiFi).

At other times I go to the local library, Internet café or business establishment to get WiFi. Surely, one of the 715, 415 persons ( who use Internet in Jamaica, I have the world at my fingertips!

Since the telecommunications sector has been freed up in the mid to late 1990’s Jamaicans have been using the Internet more. Internet usage, broadband, information technology and telecommunications reports, attest to growth of the Internet.

Liberalization of the telecommunications sector means that there is a stiff struggle between the two main internet service providers, Flow (formerly LIME) and Digicel.

We consumers however benefit because now we have fiber optic technology and a variety of phones from which to choose.

Jamaica has over 300 thousand landlines and 2.5 million cell phone users. About half of Jamaica’s population of 2.8 million people have access to the Internet at home, at work, at school or through their mobile phones which is one of the highest in the region.

Access to the internet is quickly spreading out from urban centers such and Kingston, Spanish Town and Montego Bay and becoming more accessible in the interior and more rural areas of the island. Thanks to several local wireless internet providers including:

About The Author

A patriotic Jamaican who adores his culture, Wellesley has been using this medium to share what he calls 'the uniqueness of Jamaica with the world' - since April 2007.

To date, he serves over 8,300 unique readers / viewers per day.

His efforts have earned him featured positions in local publications, including the Jamaica Gleaner's Hospitality Jamaica, Carlong Publishers, as well as recognition from numerous prestigious international agencies and universities.